We showered and dressed, Abigail and Bradley would be having a very late evening, and made our way to the Indian restaurant where we were shown inside to a private room. On the wall was a large plasma screen which was playing loud pop bollywood music. Eventually some more VSO Volunteers arrived and joined us, there was around a hundred guests including the British High Commissioner and other volunteers from Peace Corps, UN and MRC (Medical Research Centre). The owner thanked us for coming and the evening began however the only music and dancing we were going to see was on the plasma screen.
The waiters came around with trays of Indian buffet food, onion bhaji’s, samosas, fish, prawns and chicken in breadcrumbs of which Bradley was very happy to try and enjoy. As well as giving us an endless supply of free alcohol, soft drinks, or powerful fruit cocktails. Paul went over to have a chat to the high commissioner of which he was very surprised when he remembered him by name. They chatted about rugby the high commissioner being a big fan and a couple of emails Paul had sent him. Abigail and Bradley were very tired by this time so fell a sleep on the seats. We stayed until 11.00pm and then carried Abigail and Bradley to the car placing them on Chris and Melanie’s knees as we had offered them a lift back to the volunteer house. Chris and Melanie are a newly arrived married couple from Canada who will be going up country to Basse next Thursday to take up their roles as physiotherapists.
The waiters came around with trays of Indian buffet food, onion bhaji’s, samosas, fish, prawns and chicken in breadcrumbs of which Bradley was very happy to try and enjoy. As well as giving us an endless supply of free alcohol, soft drinks, or powerful fruit cocktails. Paul went over to have a chat to the high commissioner of which he was very surprised when he remembered him by name. They chatted about rugby the high commissioner being a big fan and a couple of emails Paul had sent him. Abigail and Bradley were very tired by this time so fell a sleep on the seats. We stayed until 11.00pm and then carried Abigail and Bradley to the car placing them on Chris and Melanie’s knees as we had offered them a lift back to the volunteer house. Chris and Melanie are a newly arrived married couple from Canada who will be going up country to Basse next Thursday to take up their roles as physiotherapists.
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